Door-hanger



(No Model.)

A. LSCRANTON.

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Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED L. soEANToN, oF WESTERN SPRINGS, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,345, dated December 17, 1889.

Application filed January 29, 1889. Serial No. 298,018. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ALFRED L. ScEANToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVestern Springs, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specilication.

The object of my invention is to make a simple economical door-hanger; Aand the invention consists in making a door hanger having the features and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of my improved door-hanger with a portion of the bed-plate broken away to show the slide therein, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken in line 2 2 of Fig. l.

A is the portion of the lbed-plate in which the slide moves for adjusting the position of the hanger; B, the slide, and C the adjusting-screw.

In constructing my improved door-hanger I prefer to make it out of malleable iron By making it out of malleable iron I am able to make it Inuch lighter than when it is made out of cast-iron, and to' change and alter the parts or their relative positions, so as to iit them together, by a former, and wit-hout grinding or filing. At the saine time it is much stronger, and thus capable of supporting much heavier weights than is possible when it is made out of cast-iron. VWhen made out of cast-iron, as at present, the wheel-frame is liable to become broken by toomuch weight, by concussion when the dooris shut carelessly, by a sudden starting of the door in cold weather, and in Various other ways; but by making it out of malleable iron this liability to breakage is entirely removed. So that by making the hanger out of malleable iron I am able to save time, trouble, and expense in titting the parts together, and at the same time to make a lighter hanger and one capable ot' supporting a greater weight and much less liable to breakage than is possible when the hanger is made from cast-iron.

My improvement relates to the means for adjusting the hanger. Stated generally, these means consist of an inclined slide working in an inclined hollow part of the bed-plate, and an adj Listing-screw for changing the position of the slide and through it the position of the hanger.

I prefer to make the entire bed-plate of one piece-that is, to have its projecting portions integral with its base. The upper or inclined part of the bed-plate is grooved or hollowed from end to end and slotted in its top. The lower or inclined part of lthe wheel-frame is 'made in the form ot' a slide and is adapted to` fit and move in the grooveof the inclined portion of the bed-plate, its shank fitting and moving in the slot, and the upper portion of the bed-plate is provided with flanges which fit around and over the slide and secure and hold it in place without the aid of screws or other devices. The slide is preferably hollowed and provided with screw-threads inside, and in such case an adj usting-screw tting and working in its screw-threaded portion may be used to lnove the slide back and forth to change the position of the hanger; but, as the adj usting-screw may be used in different positions or ways, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to a construction in which it is placed and operated inside the Slide.

Whenever it is desired to separate the parts-the wheel-frame from' the bed-plateit is only necessary to detach the adjustingscrew by unscrewing it. Of course this makes the separation of the parts very easy whenever the hangeris to be put up or whenever for'any reason it is desired to separate them.

lVhat`I have said about making the hanger of malleable iron is simply intended to show advantages which may be obtained by my ponstruction; but ofv course it will be understood that I do not intend to limit myself to a hanger made out of malleable iron, my improvements being equally applicable to hangers formed from other material.

I claim- In a door-hanger, the combination of a bedplate provided with an inclined hollow slotted portion integral therewith and having inwardly-turned ianges on its upper edge, a wheel-frame provided with an inclined slide itting and moving in the hollowT portion of the bed-plate and held from vertical displacement by the flanges thereof, and an adjustin g-screw for moving the slide back and forth, substantially as described.

ALFRED L. SCRANTON.

Witnesses:

EFHRAIM BANNING, GEORGE S. PAYSoN.

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